90: Chapter 0090 Demanding Food and Women

For Lin Xiao, he did not fear them attacking all at once; he only feared the Barbarian Army scattering and fleeing.

Facing the dozen or so cavalrymen charging at him, the shadows of the blades they swung down were heavy with murderous intent!

Lin Xiao took a quick step forward, swung his Blood Demon Blade Flame to knock down two men, then performed a sliding tackle, passing underneath the horses' bellies to evade the encirclement.

In the dim light, Lin Xiao's movements were so fast that they dazzled the Barbarian Army.

With only a few screams heard, Lin Xiao had already slaughtered his way to the rear of their formation!

Wherever he went, Lin Xiao would casually release Blood Demon Blade Flame, spraying showers of blood!

Although the Heaven-Burning Blade Technique had greater power, it also consumed more stamina.

Furthermore, for small-scale, single-target attacks, the Blood Fiend Demon Blade was more precise and faster.

Many in the Barbarian Army hadn't even realized what was happening before they felt a chill at their necks and had their throats slit!

Watching his cavalrymen fall one by one, Qada was so angry he cursed loudly.

"Idiots! Scatter! Don't get too close!"

But the Barbarian cavalry were trained only for frontal charges; they had no formation to speak of.

Moreover, since these were light cavalry sent to plunder grain, they had practically no armor, allowing Lin Xiao's blade energy to run rampant!

Lin Xiao intentionally did not kill Qada, so as not to give the Barbarian Army an excuse to flee early.

He would swing his blade twice, then change positions, never engaging in a head-on clash.

For one, it wasted stamina, and for another, if he displayed too much martial strength, the enemy might likely lose the will to fight.

Not only that, Lin Xiao would occasionally emit painful sounds like "Ah" and "Ya."

As if he had been injured and his body was about to give out.

To put it bluntly, he had to give the Barbarian Army the illusion that "victory is right before our eyes!"

"He's injured! Quickly, hack him to death!"

The Barbarian Army couldn't see the situation clearly; they only saw Lin Xiao slowing down from time to time.

Assuming he was at the end of his rope, they sent one group after another, fighting to be the ones to kill him.

But as time passed, the Barbarian Army realized something was wrong...

Why were there corpses of their own men everywhere, yet this Central Plains man was still killing!?

Wasn't he already injured!?

"Not good! It's a trap!"

Qada realized the situation was dire; he had been baited!

"Retreat! Split into three groups and run!"

Although Lin Xiao could not understand them, he knew the barbarians had realized what was happening.

At this moment, he felt that he could no longer suppress the power of Bloodlust within him!

[Bloodlust + 235, duration 60 seconds...]

A pair of scarlet eyes, like the descent of the Grim Reaper, as his killing intent erupted completely!!

A terrifying, chilling pressure caused the fierce Northern Barbarian cavalry to feel their hair stand on end!

Just as they were about to turn their horses around, Lin Xiao once again unleashed the now-cooled-down Jinghong!

Relying on the terrifying explosive power stacked by Bloodlust, Lin Xiao used Dragon Soaring Steps, leaped into the air, and jumped over a dozen meters in one go!

The black blade dragged a trail of crimson flame in the air, like a fire dragon weaving through, heading straight for the chiliarch Qada!

Qada realized his horse wasn't fast enough, so he had no choice but to turn around and swing his blade, attempting to block!

"Clang!"

With a metallic wail, his scimitar was sent flying, and Qada was sliced in half!

[Kill + 1, Internal Energy + 1, Prestige + 30]

Lin Xiao landed smoothly, grabbed the horse's reins to maintain his balance, and while spinning, swung the Scorching Fire Burning the City at the fleeing Barbarian Army once again!

"Ah!—"

Accompanied by waves of panicked screams, another dozen or so Barbarian soldiers who couldn't dodge in time were cut down!

Seeing that Qada was already dead, the remaining hundred or so Barbarian soldiers fled like madmen.

Lin Xiao knew not to pursue a desperate enemy, so he just shot a dozen arrows to finish things off.

Bloodlust was about to wear off, so he hurriedly spent 50 Prestige to buy a mystic grade Stamina Pill and swallowed it.

There was no helping it; he still had to continue his journey to Xiaoshi Village and couldn't afford to pass out halfway!

Checking his gains, there wasn't much Prestige, but his Internal Energy points had accumulated to 990.

Black Blade (365/1000), one-third of the progress completed.

He roughly scavenged through the area, but there was nothing decent.

Lin Xiao mounted Qada's warhorse and set off again.

"I don't know if the other two sides have started fighting yet. Forget it, I'll just take care of my own side for now..."

Meanwhile, outside Wansong County.

The Northern Barbarian Brave General Gongbu, leading six thousand light cavalry, arrived three miles outside the county town with murderous intent.

"Pass on my order: split into three lines and sweep through all the villages around the county town!"

"Remember, I want grain! I want livestock! I want young women!"

"If you see a man, even if it's a dog, kill them all!"

After the three chiliarchs received the order, they immediately took their respective troops and dispersed in three directions.

"General, that county town ahead looks pretty good; with so many fields nearby, there must be plenty of grain!"

Several of Gongbu's confidants were very excited.

Gongbu sneered, "Thanks to Prince Bai for gifting us seven or eight border cities; otherwise, how could it be so easy to drive straight in?"

Everyone laughed, gloating over the internal chaos of the Great Gan.

"General, after we finish looting the villages, shall we go and take down this county town? A small place like this won't have many troops."

"That's right, there must be plenty of little beauties! If we bring them back, Marshal Suhe will surely like them!"

Gongbu slapped that man on the head.

"Bullshit! You guys want them for yourselves, don't pin it on Marshal Suhe!"

The guards laughed awkwardly, but then heard Gongbu change the subject:

"Marshal Suhe is over sixty; the little beauties, let me, the General, accept them..."

The Barbarian soldiers were stunned for a moment, then burst into wanton laughter.

Just as Gongbu and his men were chatting about toying with Central Plains women, they saw some cavalry rushing back.

"General! It's bad! There are Great Gan troops in the village!"

"What!?"

Gongbu thought he had misheard.

"Nonsense!"

He lashed the soldier with his whip!

"How could there be an army in a village? Do you think I haven't looted Central Plains villages before!?"

The soldier, beaten and on the verge of tears, said, "Everything I said is true!"

"We didn't expect it either; before we even entered the village, we encountered many pre-dug traps!"

"Rows of sharpened wood sprang up from the ground and flipped our horses over!"

"We couldn't charge, and as soon as we slowed down, many Central Plains people rushed out from all directions!"

"I've never seen so many people in a village; they all had weapons and were well-trained. They were clearly not villagers!"

Gongbu looked incredulous, but soon he saw hoofbeats coming from the other two sides as well.

"General! General, it's bad! The main enemy force is in the village!"

"We encountered an ambush by a crossbow unit! The chiliarch was shot to death!"

Gongbu was dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning!

What was going on? The Great Gan army wasn't defending the city but had gone to defend the village!?